Of all the quarries in Derbyshire, Dale Quarry (also known as the Big Hole or Big 'Ole) probably produced the greatest impact on a single community. The houses of the Dale formed a significant...

(2) The gradual extension of various quarries eventually coalesced to form Middle Peak Quarry which revealed outcrops of Hopton Wood Stone. The first of these outcrops to be exploited was a...

The Middle Peak Quarry site covers an area of 56.68 hectares, including a dormant quarry and areas of woodland to the west of Middleton Road and north of Brassington Lane; and the main area of Middle Peak Quarry and the former Dale Quarry to the south.

The town developed as a centre for lead mining and stone quarrying. Many lead mines were owned by the Gell family of nearby Hopton Hall. The name was recorded as Werchesworde in the Domesday Book of 1086 A.D. [2] Outlying farms (berewicks) were Cromford, Middleton, Hopton, Wellesdene [sic], Carsington, Kirk Ireton and Callow.

Stoneycroft Quarry soon became a secure and major source of fluxing stone for Stanton Ironworks near Ilkeston following the opening of the Ecclesbourne line in 1867 eating into markets previously...

There is long a history of quarrying and mining on this site in Wirksworth Derbyshire . Lead was mined here for about 2000 years, until the lead began to run out when the site changed to a limestone quarry.

The National Stone Centre is a museum, an industrial heritage discovery centre and a Site of Special Scientific Interest at Wirksworth, in Derbyshire, England. [1] The National Stone Centre is in the middle of the Derbyshire Dales and on the edge of the Peak District National Park.

Together with the other quarries in the Wirksworth area, Dale Quarry provides an unparalleled three-dimensional view of the evolution and lateral variation within the progradational carbonate platform margin that fringed the northern margin of the …

The aim of this website is to keep people updated about Tarmac’s proposals in Wirksworth. Tarmac owns two sites that have been allocated for new homes, employment and ancillary uses in the Derbyshire Dales District Council’s Local Plan: …

Dale Quarry is something of a lost world. Located just a few hundred metres from the bustling town centre of Wirksworth this 30 metre hole in the ground is completely cut off from the rest of the world, aside from occasional visiting climbers.